“➡___ and bacon’, common name of plants with dark-marked yellow flowers: EGGS

➡_____ Arabia: SAUDI

➡A participant or team that finishes in second place: RUNNERUP

➡A problem or difficulty: SNAG

➡A small amount of money: DOLL

➡A word sometimes followed, mysteriously, by an ellipsis: UNLESS

➡Alpine activity involving downhill or cross-country movement: SKI

➡Also: AND

➡Charge or cost: RATE

➡Chemical bonds: LINKAGES

➡Deck the Halls greenery: HOLLY

➡Dessert topping option: CREME

➡Eco-friendly word: REUSE

➡Encouraged, with “up”: BUOYED

➡Entity or object: ITEM

➡Evaluation of academic achievement: EXAM

➡Far away from the observer or from a given place: AFAR

➡Friend who hasn’t fully matured: BUD

➡Go to the bathroom: PEE

➡Grain used in some milk: OAT

➡Infant: BABY

➡It’s determined by Xs and Ys: SEX

➡Legal or administrative processes: PROCEEDINGS

➡Length of time someone has lived: AGE

➡Limb from hip to ankle: LEG

➡Long-distance transport: BUS

➡Loss of a close friend through death: BEREAVEMENT

➡Narrow passage of water between two land masses: STRAIT

➡Nasty cut: GASH

➡Not wearing any clothes, like Rodin’s “The Thinker”: Nude

➡Outer layer of cereal grain separated from the flour or meal: BRAN

➡Pattern used as a guide: TEMPLATE

➡Person of a website or program: USER

➡Piano Playing: Group of musical notes: CHORD

➡Piano Playing: It’s a series of movements: SONATA

➡Piano Playing: Legendary German composer who famously continued composing after he went deaf: BEETHOVEN

➡Piano Playing: Memorable part of a song: MELODY

➡Piano Playing: Sounds arranged to be pleasing to the ear: MUSIC

➡Police operation to catch criminals: BUST

➡Religion of Muslims: ISLAM

➡Result of adding numbers: SUM

➡Rock that flows from volcano: Lava

➡Skates or swims gracefully: RAYS

➡Slip up: ERR

➡Soft and tender part of the neck: NAPE

➡Sound-killing button: Mute

➡Spread with a rough motion: SMEAR

➡Squirrel’s tree: OAK

➡Style of traditional music: Folk

➡Taken for granted: Given

➡Taking great pains: TORTURED

➡The final letter of the Greek alphabet: OMEGA

➡To insist that something is true: ASSERT
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